I judged a science competition for high schoolers on Saturday, which was fun. Then I stayed in the rest of the weekend. DS1 and DS2 have colds and were a little cranky.
DS2 is turning 1 in March. I had DH take some pictures of DS2 to put on the invitations. DS2 took a small step unassisted! DS2 is growing up so fast and I got all the feels. I even went through all of the baby clothes so I could save a few outfits. The rest are in the spare room waiting to be donated. I'm glad that we are done making babies, but I'm really nostalgic for when my kids were babies. Can time slow down a little bit?
This weekend was decent. We had a classroom day with the kids, where we went into their class room and they demonstrated what their work day is like. I have a feeling that DD did more during that demonstration than she ever does during her real school day. When I ask her teacher what she does, she tells me that she likes to following the other kids around.
DS did really great also. He read and did long addition with the golden beads. Still, I know he's pretty far behind a lot of his classmates. I try not to care, but it's really obvious.
So this morning I went ahead and gave the school the recommendation forms from the new school we want to send him to. So stressful!
We had a good weekend. DS is continuing his streak of being nice to his sister. Watching them play happily together is not helping my baby angst. I really should stop thinking about having that 3rd child. It's so impractical.
Thanks to the ladies here who suggested it, I read the book 10% Happier by Dan Harris. I found it interesting and somewhat helpful. I also downloaded the app and started following it. It's only been 4 days, so I don't know how I feel about it yet. Has anyone tried it?
2chatter, I don't know if letter writing is much of a thing here. The realtor yesterday basically said that the sellers are a family who would love to see the house go to another family, assuming that the other family had the best offer. (I mean.. it's pretty much going to a family. I know very few DINKs or empty nesters with much interest in a 5 bedroom/2600 sq foot home... this house size is obscene for the area) I don't know if that was the realtor speaking or the owners speaking. (TBH, in selling our house, a letter would only sway me if we were deciding between two offers that were virtually the same.)
I've never heard of the bringing a home to market idea. Our agent definitely didn't suggest it.
We wrote letters and got letters. I think it helped. We didn’t sell to the letter writer though because it was a $25k difference in offers and they were at the top of their range already.
twinmomma, preach! My five year old keeps saying she wants to look pretty and has asked me if her stomach is fat. It's so hard.
k3am, I don't know if our friends actually wrote a letter when they put in their offer in a hot market, but the sellers accepted their lower offer because it was a family over DINKs. It doesn't hurt to try.
I survived my first week back to work and DD2 got over the flu. I wanted a chill weekend but DH made plans with his parents Sat night and then to go over to my brother's house Sunday. We were home by 6 but I just feel exhausted, like I didn't get a break. I hate getting home after supper on a Sunday to unpack the car and getting everything ready for the week, plus super bowl. Awesome game though! I took our two oldest girls swimming on Saturday and that was really nice to get one on one time with them.
Post by justcheckingin73 on Feb 5, 2018 17:53:10 GMT -5
traveltheworld, I also read the book and downloaded the app. I set a daily reminder for meditation and have done it a few times. I have to say I really enjoy the meditations but I think it’s too soon to say whether I’m noticing any changes. What really helped me this time, as opposed to previous times I’ve tried meditation, is that he says that losing focus and coming back to your breath is the point. In the past I thought the point was to erase all thought. It’s been much simpler and I haven’t put as much pressure on myself and I feel so calm even after 5 or 10 minutes.
As an introvert, I’m in my head so much and I react to my thoughts all the time. What I’m hoping to get out of it is responding rather than reacting like he talks about in the book.
2chatter , I don't know if letter writing is much of a thing here. The realtor yesterday basically said that the sellers are a family who would love to see the house go to another family, assuming that the other family had the best offer. (I mean.. it's pretty much going to a family. I know very few DINKs or empty nesters with much interest in a 5 bedroom/2600 sq foot home... this house size is obscene for the area) I don't know if that was the realtor speaking or the owners speaking. (TBH, in selling our house, a letter would only sway me if we were deciding between two offers that were virtually the same.)
I've never heard of the bringing a home to market idea. Our agent definitely didn't suggest it.
We wrote letters and got letters. I think it helped. We didn’t sell to the letter writer though because it was a $25k difference in offers and they were at the top of their range already.
The realtor says we're doing a letter. And pictures of the family. He says it won't win an offer, but it won't hurt an offer either.
We are missing about 8 kids in pre-school. Before care had half the kids. Tons of teachers are out sick and we've gotten two letters one from the school and one from the preschool on influenza cases.
k3am - good luck! It’s the adulting version of the college admissions essay. I’d totally want recon - highest level of education, do they frequent the library, activities their kids are in — word choice and bias avoidance!
2chatter, I'm so lazy.. At this point, my letter would be "Dear So and So. Two brain surgeries in two years and now trying to buy a home in this insane market. Please make this easy on us because nothing else seems to be Your neighbors will love us."
So I just spent an hour walking around the neighborhood. It's really nice. But the cons. Ugh. In addition to having a trail in the back yard, there's also HUGE power lines. And the planes are just as loud there as they are here. (And planes is one of my pain points on this house.)
I'm trying to decide if I like it enough to overlook these points. I really like the trail.
k3am, with the power lines one good point is that you don't loose power often as those are main lines. We have a small substation behind the neighbors across the street from us. I think I've lost power twice. Last year in the big ice storm but we got it back in 2 hours while others were out for days if not longer. The other time a transformer blew (sounded like a bomb went off) they were there within 20 minutes and work until midnight but we all had power super fast for a big problem.
I live 5 minutes from a smaller airport, it isn't LA but we have some lovely 5am to Denver flights. I actually miss the plane noise when we go camping or go on vacation as I'm so used to it.
The trail would be a big perk. Go back and see what it looks like on the weekend/evenings for traffic.